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Easy Holidays » fourth of july » Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls

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Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls

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Homemade ice creams and a sweet sugar cookie bowl are the perfect summer treat. Everyone will love this Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls.

Homemade ice creams and a sweet sugar cookie bowl are the perfect summer treat.  Everyone will love this Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls.

Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls

As you may know, we are like 99% dye free at our house, so I needed a tasty treat that would be patriotic, but still have a little red, white, and blue flare. As I was trying to decide, my kids decided we needed some ice cream…homemade, with blueberries….aren’t the precious ones so demanding sometimes?!?!

So I made almond ice cream for the white, blueberry ice cream for the blue, and strawberry ice cream for the red. The colors are muted, but they look great and taste divine.

Homemade ice creams and a sweet sugar cookie bowl are the perfect summer treat.  Everyone will love this Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls.

Sugar Cookie Bowls

But they had a great idea and then I had a great idea! Strawberry, Almond, and Blueberry ice creams all served up in tasty sugar cookie bowls. Then the hard part was trying to decide what type of cookie to make!

Gavin wanted sugar cookies, Kaylynn wanted chocolate chip cookies, hubbyman didn’t care…so much for his help. So, I decided on both. And I thought I would add some fun holiday sprinkles to the sugar cookies just to add a little more color. Most of the cookies I made were just regular cookies, but the sprinkles were so pretty….sometimes I just have to have the extra color! (My daughter was super happy with her dye free version.)

The trick is to use a cookie bowl pan. They can be a little tricky and it took me a few tries to get it right, but they do work. I make ice cream cookie bowls all the time now with this pan.

Homemade ice creams and a sweet sugar cookie bowl are the perfect summer treat.  Everyone will love this Festive Ice Cream & Cookie Bowls.

Looking for more delicious 4th of July recipes? I’ve got ya covered with these:

4th of July Recipes:

4th of July Party Menu
Patriotic Party Ideas
Red, White, & Blue Cider
Blueberry Cherry Pie
Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Brownies
Red, White, and Blue Layered Drinks

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Festive Ice Cream and Cookie Bowls

Festive Ice Cream and Cookie Bowls

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Additional Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 43 minutes

Homemade ice creams and a sweet sugar cookie bowl are the perfect summer treat.  Everyone will love the Festive Ice Cream and Cookie Bowls.

Ingredients

Ice Cream:

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup strawberry puree (or blueberry puree)

Sugar Cookies:

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cup flour

Instructions

Ice Cream:

    1. Combine all ice cream ingredients in an ice cream maker. Follow freezing instructions on your machine. Transfer finished ice cream into a freezer safe container and freezer for several hours to harden.
    2. For Almond Ice Cream, replace vanilla extract with almond flavoring. Add in 1/2 cup chopped almond pieces when ice cream is almost done.

Sugar Cookies:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray Ice Cream Cookie Bowl pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Add salt and flour. Mix well.
  3. Roll out dough on a floured surface to about 1/8 inch thick. Cut 4 1/2 inch circles in the dough. Drape a circle over each of the molds, pressing to conform to pan.
  4. Bake 11-13 minutes or until golden and firm. Cool for several minutes and gently remove cookie to finish cooling on a cooling rack.
  5. Makes 6 bowls.

Notes

*Cookie recipe slightly adapted from Wilton's Sugar Cookie recipe.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 744Total Fat: 27gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 110mgSodium: 478mgCarbohydrates: 114gFiber: 2gSugar: 90gProtein: 14g

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© Wendy O'Neal
Cuisine: American / Category: desserts

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Comments

  1. Pamela Oakley says

    July 20, 2012 at 7:37 am

    At first I will just let my eyes will get full after eating this one. I’m sure I will take pictures also with this delicious ice cream in a bowl.

    Reply
  2. McKim says

    June 25, 2012 at 10:51 am

    I’d use chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chip ice cream.

    Reply
  3. Julie says

    June 25, 2012 at 6:33 am

    chocolate cookie with fudge marble ice cream
    thanks

    Reply
  4. Cori says

    June 25, 2012 at 5:55 am

    Chocolate chip cookie and vanilla ice cream.

    Reply
  5. Jessica Snook says

    June 23, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    Chocolate chip cookie and chocolate ice cream.

    Reply
  6. anna says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:39 am

    Looks delicous

    Reply
    • Leslie Cox says

      July 1, 2012 at 10:06 pm

      It is really delicious.

      Reply
  7. Linda @ Linda's Lunacy says

    June 21, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    chocolate chip cookie and vanilla icecream.

    Reply
  8. Sandra says

    June 21, 2012 at 7:10 am

    I would make Red Velvet ice cream (a favorite of mine to do) and sugar cookie bowls tinted blue for a whole 4th of July effect.

    Reply
  9. Melissa Saenz says

    June 21, 2012 at 6:41 am

    I would go with classic chocolate and vanilla! Mmmmm!

    Reply
  10. MaryB says

    June 21, 2012 at 5:39 am

    Ginger cookies with lemon ice cream!

    Reply
  11. Teh Doll says

    June 20, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Blueberry and cream cupcakes.

    Reply
  12. Laura O in AK says

    June 20, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Chocolate and chocolate all the way!

    Reply
  13. Melissa Lawler says

    June 20, 2012 at 5:34 am

    Chocolate Chip with salted caramel gelato.

    Reply
  14. Caitlin says

    June 20, 2012 at 4:09 am

    These look like something my kids would absolutely love! How many Texas size bowls did you get out of this recipe, Coleen? Just three?

    Reply
    • Wendy says

      June 21, 2012 at 1:34 pm

      The pan and recipe makes 6 Texas sized cookie bowls. 🙂

      Reply
  15. Sarah Cohen says

    June 20, 2012 at 12:59 am

    Cute recipe. My kids will surely love these festive ice cream and cookies bowl. They will surely love the designs.

    Reply
  16. Heather says

    June 19, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Chocolate chip and chocolate chip! Need I say more?

    Reply
  17. Michelle L says

    June 19, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Chocolate cookie with strawberry ice cream

    Reply
  18. Dita MacDonald says

    June 19, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    would love to have the wilton pan to make ice cream bowls to enjoy at my 4th of july party.l

    Reply
  19. Dita MacDonald says

    June 19, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Those ice cream bowls would be a perfect dessert for our 4th of July party at my house. I love Wilton products.

    Reply
  20. Heather Spooner says

    June 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    I would make my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe with vanilla bean ice cream. Thanks for the giveaway!
    heatherspooner1981 at gmail dot com

    Reply
  21. Georgia says

    June 19, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    I would make strawberry and lime icecream in a vanilla cookie bowl! so cool!!!

    Reply
  22. Pam says

    June 19, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    Yummy! We would make chocolate peanut butter cookie bowls and fill them with homemade strawberry ice cream.

    Reply
  23. Sharon Garrett says

    June 19, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    I’d make a Chocolate Chip Cookie and use Chocolate Ice Cream

    Reply
  24. Sharon Garrett says

    June 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    This looks like a nice treat to make. Can’t wait to do just that!

    Reply
  25. Tenielle S says

    June 19, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    I would make chocolate chip cookie bowl with some homemade vanilla ice cream! Thank you for the opportunity to win this great giveaway!

    Reply
  26. Lori Stilger says

    June 19, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Oh, goodness! Let’s see. I’d probably make blueberry ice cream – my dad would love me for that. 😀 And sugar cookie bowls, because he doesn’t like chocolate – and we can add chocolate in another way, if need be. 😀 Thanks so much for the generous giveaway!

    Reply
  27. Jessica (Jacb) Bleasdale says

    June 19, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    I would make cookies and cream ice cream with chocolate chip cookie bowl

    (Rafflecopter Name: Jacb Cody)

    Reply
  28. Brianna Werner says

    June 19, 2012 at 11:53 am

    chocolate ice cream and chocolate chip cookie

    Reply
  29. Rachel Grider says

    June 19, 2012 at 11:07 am

    both chocolate!

    Reply
  30. Jennifer Crewell says

    June 19, 2012 at 10:05 am

    A chocolate cookie with mint ice cream would be phenomenal!!!

    Reply
  31. ashlee says

    June 19, 2012 at 10:02 am

    Chocolate. always chocolate

    Reply
  32. Melody says

    June 19, 2012 at 9:55 am

    I would make a snicker doodle cookie with coconut lime ice cream

    Reply
  33. Rachel Runyan says

    June 19, 2012 at 9:35 am

    I would make a chocolate cookie bowl with mint chocolate chip ice cream. That would be a household favorite. During strawberry season though, I would have to make a vanilla cookie bowl with strawberry ice cream and topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. YUM-O

    Reply
  34. Jill J says

    June 19, 2012 at 9:09 am

    The ones pictures look fabulous – would try those first!

    Reply
  35. Vesta Mason says

    June 19, 2012 at 9:06 am

    I’d make Macadamia cookies and use chocolate ripple ice cream.

    Reply
  36. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says

    June 19, 2012 at 8:40 am

    I would do chocolate chip cookie bowls with a peanut butter cup ice cream!

    Reply
  37. Sarah Phelps says

    June 19, 2012 at 8:09 am

    I would love to try peanut butter cookies with banana ice cream

    Reply
  38. Shelly says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:50 am

    I’d make chocolate chip cookie bowls with vanilla ice cream!

    Reply
  39. Laura Perkins says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:48 am

    I think I would make a chocolate cookie bowl & pecan praline ice cream t go inside!

    Reply
  40. Vashti M says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:45 am

    Cookies n cream ice cream and vanilla cookies!

    Reply
  41. Lynn says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:32 am

    I would definitely go with the strawberry and blueberry, as I almost always have them on hand!

    Reply
  42. Ruby says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:25 am

    I would like to make butter cookies with coffee icecream.

    Reply
  43. Kim Bowler says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:20 am

    snickerdoodle with peach ice cream

    Reply
  44. Joanna Vanderkooi says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:18 am

    Cookies and cream ice cream with your sugar cookie bowls!

    Reply
  45. Christy says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:08 am

    I think I chocolate cookie with fresh peach ice cream would be divine!

    Reply
  46. Brenna says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:06 am

    Sugar cookie bowl with mint spinach ice cream.

    Reply
  47. Susieqtpies says

    June 19, 2012 at 7:02 am

    We would definitely do peanut butter cookies and Chunky Monkey Ice Cream! Yummy post.

    Reply
  48. Francy Skitt says

    June 18, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Oh my gosh. This is my favorite. I could eat as many as I could on these festive ice cream & cookie bowls.

    Reply
  49. Betsy says

    June 18, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    Loving everyone’s creations! So cute and festive. I’ll have to give these a try

    Reply
  50. Jessica | Oh Cake says

    June 18, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    So fun! I think I’d have to make a chocolate bowl with a raspberry ice cream. Mmmm….

    Reply
  51. Claire says

    June 18, 2012 at 11:31 am

    Wow! It was a mouthwatering post. Those look so delicious and perfect for celebrating you can never go wrong with cookies & ice cream, yummy.

    Reply
  52. Allie M. says

    June 18, 2012 at 9:56 am

    I’d want to try a chocolate cookie with a raspberry ice cream!

    Reply
  53. Paula Lee says

    June 18, 2012 at 9:55 am

    Spice cookies with butter pecan :p

    Reply
  54. Allie M. says

    June 18, 2012 at 9:55 am

    So cute and what a great idea for individual servings without the extra dishes for the holiday! 😉

    Reply
  55. Bibi @ Bibi's Culinary Journey says

    June 18, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Those look so delicious and perfect for celebrating….you can never go wrong with cookies & ice cream…..yummy 🙂

    Reply
  56. Gina says

    June 18, 2012 at 6:56 am

    I am thinking a chocolate cookie bowl with mint chocolate ice cream – YUMMMMM!!!

    Reply
  57. Pauline M says

    June 18, 2012 at 6:41 am

    I would make my favorites, fudgy cookies with french vanilla ice cream!

    Reply
  58. Belinda @zomppa says

    June 18, 2012 at 5:39 am

    Is it already 4th July? These are so awesome!! Would want them all year round!

    Reply

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